What we learn from History is that no one learns from History.
OTTO VON BISMARCKPolitics is not an exact science.
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Laws are like sausages, it is better not to see them being made.
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History is simply a piece of paper covered with print: the main thing is to make history, not to write it.
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Politics are not a science based on logic; they are the capacity of always choosing at each instant, in constantly changing situations, the least harmful, the most useful.
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All treaties between great states cease to be binding when they come in conflict with the struggle for existence.
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A bad plan that is well executed will yield much better results than a good plan that is poorly executed.
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I am bored. The great things are done. The German Reich is made.
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When you say you agree to a thing in principle you mean that you have not the slightest intention of carrying it out in practice.
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A government must not waiver once it has chosen its course. It must not look to the left or right but go forward.
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With a gentleman I am always a gentleman and a half, and with a fraud I try to be a fraud and a half.
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No civilization other than that which is Christian, is worth seeking or possessing.
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A really great man is known by three signs: generosity in the design, humanity in the execution, moderation in success.
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Never believe anything in politics until it has been officially denied.
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A conquering army on the border will not be stopped by eloquence.
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Only a fool learns from his own mistakes. The wise man learns from the mistakes of others.
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People never lie so much as before an election, during a war, or after a hunt.
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